in other parts of the city, it costs even more if available at all. this woman waitsed for three hours, her husband was wounded and he has three children to feed. what can i do? say i am afraid. are my children not going to eat? amid all the destruction and the threat of more, efforts to start repairs. with winter closing in, these people gambled the relative safety of escape for the promise of shelter and came back to their homes. a different landscape, but the same lottery of survival. arwa damon, cnn, aleppo. >>> we continue to keep an eye this morning on former president george h.w. bush in stable condition in houston. he's being treated for bronchitis. his office says the former president is expected to be released in the next few days. bush, by the way, is 88 years old, the oldest living former president. >>> the fiscal cliff is looming. we'll weigh through differences among lawmakers and see what sticking points are threatening to stall our economy. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there.